My father underwent total prostate gland removal in 1998.
The tissue tests showed that there was a cyst in the front of the gland,
but they were inconclusive as to whether it would have progressed to
cancer, since it was very early to tell the progression it might have

Hello again all
Just looking at a copy of my Biopsy report again and the Staging of
T2A is across the top plus some abbrs for. my pre-existing ailments.
I guess this Staging is determined by the Educated Finger of the Uro

I'm 36, but after witnessing my fathers death from PC (He was 74, dx
when he was 64), I'm thinking of drinking  half a glass of red wine
per evening with dinner.
I don't drink, so this is something new to me. However from the

since my birthday is on halloween.  i've decided to try to liven up the
news for a change.  as we are finding out, life goes on after treatment
and this is a speed bump on the road of life.  18 months ago, i didn't
feel this way, and today, my views are what everyone was saying.  ...

Lycopene Plus Vitamin E Slows Human Prostate Tumor Growth in Mice
Reuters Health Information 2004. © 2004 Reuters Ltd.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 30 - In a mouse model of human prostate
cancer, low doses of lycopene combined with low doses of vitamin E

RRP November 4, 2003. Third psa reading = <0.1 on October 14, 2004 ... and
for you new guys with pre-op anxieties ...
- dry from cathetor first out, and;
- ed began improving from sixth week and is close to normal now; but, with a

Well, perhaps that shoulder is not bad...  I just noticed the pain comes from
the way I hold that &*! mouse!  And the weakness from the lack of testosterone
doesn't help... ;-}

John has been suffering this last week with a major skin breakout.  He saw
his determatologist last week who determined after looking it up that the
medicine in the injection is what caused this.  He has been taking all kinds
of allergy medicines to clear it up and has gotten zits ...

Hello again all
In my last post I mentioned I've just got hooked up with a Clinical
Trials Program, which is great :)
I noticed in one of the posts Steve Kramer mentioned he had

I had LRP at City of Hope on Aug 24.  Margins were positive and the gleason
was upgraded to 9 so radiation was recommended.  I started IMRT on Oct 1.
So far I have not noticed any side effects of the radiation.  Maybe I get
cold more easily but I also have caught a cold from the ...

Had my first spontaneous nocturnal erection last night, 80 days after
surgery.

He: an inch more and I'd be a king
She: an inch less and you'd be a queen
As the study below shows, penile length is decreased an average of 15%
after an RP. I can testify that mine was 18% or an inch shorter

i wonder if there is a study in the united states or other countries
that may show where certain treatments are heavily influenced by where
the patient lives?
~ curtis

Well, I don't know if I really want to write this.
Today's PSA is 100, doubled in two weeks from 52.
The increase from the "12" two months ago is due to the metastasis to a lymph
node in my chest.  They will remove the lymph node next week, and they expect

I am due for seeing on Nov 2, and just got the following "form letter" from my Physician,
which contains information I did not have before. This  sounds much more unpleasant (and
limiting) than anything he had prepared me for in our "decision making" discussion. I have
seen people ...